Big Sur River Inn general manager Rick Aldinger walks on the remains of a mud slide that slumped down onto the inn's motel rooms on the east side of Highway 1 in Big Sur on Wednesday February 22, 2017. (David Royal - Monterey Herald)

Big Sur River Inn general manager Rick Aldinger walks past a truck that had to be pulled out of a mud slide that slumped down onto the inn's motel rooms on the east side of Highway 1 in Big Sur on Wednesday February 22, 2017. (David Royal - Monterey Herald)